Dr Rae Dufty
Lecturer, School of Behavioural and Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BA (Hons, Class 1), PhD (UNSW)
Contact
| Email: | rdufty@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Earth Sciences (C2) 319 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2801 (or +61 2 6773 2801 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3030 |
Rae began working at UNE in March 2008, after completing her PhD at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She has previously taught at UNSW and the University of Newcastle.
Affiliations
- Institute of Australian Geographers- Geographical Society of New South Wales
- Planning Institute of Australia
Areas of Teaching
I began teaching at the University of New England (Armidale) in 2008. Prior to this appointment I had taught at the University of Newcastle (NSW) and University of New South Wales (Sydney).
At UNE I coordinate the following unit:
- GEPL301/401: Economic change and urban development (core unit in the BURP and GDURP degree programs)
As well as teaching modules in:
- GEPL112: Australia – sustainable development (first year human geography unit and core unit of the BURP degree)
- GEPL345/445: Regional Development – Problems, Patterns and Policies (core unit in the BURP and GDURP degree programs)
Research interests
- Governance and neoliberalism
- Migration and housing policy
- Urban development challenges and policies
- Labour geographies
- Globalisation and the restructuring of horticultural industries in Australia
- Ethnic diversity in Australian rural communities and issues of ‘racism’.
My primary research focus is the political-economic geographies of neoliberal policy approaches in both urban and rural settings. This has resulted in a wide range of research projects from the archival analysis of housing policy in Australia, to the coping strategies of farming families during periods of industrial and economic restructuring.
My PhD thesis, 'The geographies and governmentalities of housing assistance: a study of rural public housing in New South Wales (NSW)' presented an analysis of the changing ways in which housing assistance was provided and how housing assistance has been, and continues to be used, as a technology of government to pursue regional planning objectives in Australia.
Currently I am part of an ARC Discovery research project ‘Home and Away: Defining and conceptualising rural youth migration in Australia’ (2009-2010, Argent, Rolley, Walmsley and Dufty) investigating the causes and actual migration pathways of Australian rural youth, and the extent to which these migrants return to their home regions.
Publications
Journal articles and book chapters
Dufty, R. and Gibson, C. (under review submitted June 2009) ‘Shifting welfare, shifting people: rural development, housing and population mobility in Australia’, in Milbourne, P. (ed) International Perspectives on Rural Welfare.
Dufty, R. ‘Reflecting on power relationships in the ‘doing’ of rural cultural research’, Cultural Studies Review, Accepted July 2009 with minor revisions
Prince, R. and Dufty, R. (2009) ‘Assembling the space economy: governmentality and economic geography’, Geography Compass, 4 pp. 1744-1756.
Dufty, R. ‘“At least I don’t live in Vegemite Valley”: racism and rural public housing spaces’, Australian Geographer, 40 (4) pp. 429-449
Gibson, C., Dufty, R., Smith, H., and Phillips, S. (2008) ‘Counter-geographies: the campaign against rationalisation of agricultural research stations in NSW’, Journal of Rural Studies 24 pp.351-366Dufty, R. (2007) ‘Governing through locational choice: the locational preferences of rural public housing tenants in south-western New South Wales, Australia’, Housing Theory and Society, 24(3), pp.183-206.
Dufty, R. (2007) ‘Governing through locational choice: the locational preferences of rural public housing tenants in south-western New South Wales, Australia’, Housing Theory and Society 24(3) pp. 183-206
Dufty, R. (2006) ‘Which direction for cultural geography? A postgraduate perspective’, in Cultural Geography and Cultural Studies Forum, Geographical Research, 44(4), pp.430-433.
Gibson, C. and Dufty, R. (2006) ‘Social housing for the arts? On the nexus between housing affordability and creative city strategies’, HousingWorks: The Journal of the Australasian Housing Institute. 4(1) pp.25-29.
Gibson, C., Dufty, R. and Drozdzewski, D., (2005) ‘Resident Attitudes to Farmland Protection Measures in the Northern Rivers Region, NSW’, Australian Geographer, 36(3), pp.369-383.
Refereed Conference Papers
Dufty, R. (2006) ‘“Because it’s home”: locational subjectivities and public housing tenants in regional Australia’, Beer, A. (Ed) Australasian Housing Researchers Conference: Papers and Presentations, Southern Cross Research Centre AHURI, Adelaide.
Dufty, R., (2003) ‘Gendering of property and its consequences for rural public housing’, in Le Heron, R. and Gao, J., (Eds) Windows on a Changing World, proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society 22nd Conference, Auckland, pp.172-4.
Dufty, R. (2003) ‘Deconstructing rural multiculturalism: a case study of Griffith’s Italian and Pacific Islander communities’, Goddard, J. (Ed.) Out There? Rural and Regional Conference, National Trust Australia (NSW), Sydney, pp. 14-21.
Reports
Bartel, R., Dufty, R., Hearfield, C., McFarland, P. and Wood, S. (2009) Preparing the NSW Planning System for a Fairer and more Sustainable Future, Submission to the Inquiry into the New South Wales Planning Framework conducted by the NSW Legislative Council State Development Committee, University of New England, Armidale.
Atkinson, R., Dufty, R. and Pichot, L. (2007) Missed Opportunities: An appraisal of Hobart’s CBD, Housing and Community Research Unit, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Dufty, R. (2005) UNSW Student Housing Needs: A Report on the 2005 UNSW Student Housing Survey, UNSW, Sydney.
Marshall, N., Murphey, P., Dufty, R., Burnley, I., Hugo, G. (2004), ‘The Literature’, in Migration of Income Support Recipients from Non-Metropolitan NSW and SA into Sydney and Adelaide. Melbourne, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Other published work
Dufty, R. (2008) ‘Book Review – “Space Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography” Crampton, J. & Elden, S. (eds) 2007’, Geographical Research, 46(4) pp.471-472